Why do I have a continuous drum beating sound ?

Do you mean the sound known as "Funk"? Have a look at System Preferences and then click on the sound icon. In the Sound options click on Sound Effects and see which sound in the list is highlighted (scroll down). That is the default sound you will hear as an alert when an error occurs. Click on it. Is that the sound you are hearing?

Chris

Hi Ryan,
Not to worry. Those little alert sounds generally mean that you have asked the computer to do something that it can't do, or that is improper for it to do.

More often than not, you'll see that you just pushed the wrong button or key or something silly like that. If you do something incredibly dumb, you'll know about it. You'll see a dialog box, or your computer will cease to work properly.

Are you hearing the alert time after time even when you are not touching the keyboard or mouse? Or are you clicking on something many times in a row and hearing the alert?

Try repairing permissions and check your hard drive through Disc Utility in the Utilities folder. If no problems are found, GOOD! If problems are found, you can boot your computer from the install disc that came with it. When you see the screen asking you to select a language, do that. On the next screen, do not proceed with the installation. Instead, look up in the menu bar for Utilities. From there, run the Disc Utility again, but tell it to repair the disc. Sometimes, you have to run Disc Utility several times to clear up some problems.

Having said that, if you are indeed having operational problems with your computer, come back and tell us what they are, OK?

Jon

HI Ryan,

The sound you hear isn't necessarily an error. Go to System Preferences/Sound and select the Sound Effects tab. if you have; *Play user interface sound effects* selected, then you'll hear this sound for New Mail for instance. Open the Mail application. From the Menu Bar, click Mail/Preferences and select the General tab. Third pop up menu down you can select the sound you want. Nothing wrong with your system.




Carolyn 🙂

hi Jon --
I tend to agree with you . . .
I'm trying to remember when I've heard that,
but it sure gets your attention.

It will do that when I do the "print" command, and there's no printer attached.
If you hold down the Command and "P" keys, it will do a series of real quick boinks.
I think that's what you're hearing.

It usually doesn't mean there's anything wrong with your hardware or your Mac.

Go to here /System/Library/Sounds/Funk.aiff and move the file to somewhere else(out of Sounds, like Desktop) and see if that helps.

Sorry Ryan, I've been out of range for a while and not been able to respond. The others who have posted a response have pretty well convered the issue for you I'd say.